Little Miss Adventure

Eleri is our little miss adventure. She likes to climb and explore...and has little to no fear doing it. She just recently learned that she can push around "Mali's" kitchen table chair, climb it and get pretty much anything she wants. Nothing is safe anymore...not even little Eleri. And she is just so proud of herself when she accomplishes it.

T-Ball Two video

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T-Ball Two

Mali had her second game this past Monday. Grandpa and Nana came to watch her before they flew to Israel for a mission trip. Eric also got to come towards the end and watched Mali bat and field. She did great batting this week. She had a few issues with running from 2nd to 3rd...but it provided great entertainment for us!

Hey Batter Batter

Here is the video from Mali's first T-ball game. She did great at batting

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Eric and Brie Plus THREE

There may be a few of you that aren't thrilled to find out this news from a blog post, but I hope you'll forgive me. Our lives have been a little crazy the last few days. And we are officially Eric and Brie + THREE............


























DOGS!


Eric's Favorite Scotty (as in Scotty Cameron Putter) joined our family Saturday. He is a full blooded Weimaraner. He is pretty sweet and Mali is smitten with him. He is 8 weeks old and on his way to being a great buddy to Shank.

Mali's first T-ball game

Mali had her first T-ball game this past Thursday. It was fun and she had some fun playing. After the first inning, I realized that it would not matter how many runners scored or how many were tagged out. Mali did a great job batting. Her first bat, she was the 9th batter and brought in all three runners on base plus herself. Her second bat, she had a great hit and also brought in all the runners. Fielding was a different story. I'm not sure any of the kids on our team had a clue what was supposed to happen. Hopefully they will catch on. Papa was in town and came and watched Mali play. She was happy to have Papa there to watch her and I was happy to have Papa there to help with Eleri.

Picture #1: Mali batting

Picture #2: The team lineup and Mali laughing at her "gold" friend (see previous post on T-ball season)

Picture #3: Mali warming up. Apparently on our team, showing up before the game is supposed to start is not done and after game start time it is more appropriate to show up.

PAPA AND ELERI

Field Trip

Two weeks ago, I was able to go on a field trip with Mali. Her preschool does not allow siblings to be brought along on field trips and so I haven't been on in 15 months. I was excited to get to go so that I could watch her interact with her classmates and teacher. I think it gives me as a mom a good idea of what is going on at school...and where she is picking up certain things. Once I heard her "bestest friend's" voice, I knew the reason Mali sometimes baby talks. Anyway, it was so fun and Mali was so excited that Mama got to come along. I left Eleri with my friend Rachel, and went to the zoo with Mali and her classmates. I loved watching Mali interact with her class just getting to spend one on one time with her. That night, I also had a slumber party with Mali. To motivate her to clean her room, I told her we would have a slumber party once her room was clean with candy, popcorn, a movie, and me spending the night in her room! It was a fun day with Mali and to hopefully fill up her love tank. Mali had to wake me up to turn off the movie!